Ribbon alternatives for Mac
12 apps that do a similar job to Ribbon, a scrolling window manager for Mac. Each one is checked by a person.
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1. Flickbar
Snap, resize and move macOS windows with trackpad gestures on their title bars.
FreeProductivityAlso menu bar, window management
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2. Wormhole
A window from your other Mac, as a window on this one.
PaidProductivityAlso one-time purchase, window management
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4. Hatoba
Hatoba is a second dock for your Mac: apps, links and live widgets on any screen edge or i
PaidProductivityAlso menu bar
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5. Wimi
Automatic Mac window tiling with point-and-click control
FreemiumProductivityAlso window management
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6. Tidzy
A smarter Finder for your Mac: find anything by what's inside it, copy text from any image
PaidProductivity
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7. Winq
Look at a screen or window and it's focused, the pointer where you look.
SubscriptionProductivityAlso keyboard-first, window management
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8. OtterDock
One Dock icon per project, with its apps, files, folders and links together
FreemiumProductivityAlso one-time purchase, privacy
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9. Wavo
Local dictation: hold a hotkey, speak, and the text lands where you type
FreeProductivityAlso menu bar, privacy
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10. Portlivo
See every local dev server and port on your Mac.
PaidProductivityAlso menu bar, one-time purchase
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11. Bloop.email
A fast, native Mac mail app for Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo and any IMAP account.
PaidProductivityAlso one-time purchase, privacy
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12. VeloUtils
Markdown, JSON, CSV, Mermaid, Timestamp, Encode / Decode and JWT in one native window.
FreeProductivityAlso privacy
Ribbon and its alternatives compared
| App | Price | Category | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ribbonthis app | Paid | Productivity | |
| Flickbar | Free | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| Wormhole | Paid | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| Ruban | Paid | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| Hatoba | Paid | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| Wimi | Freemium | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| Tidzy | Paid | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| Winq | Subscription | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| OtterDock | Freemium | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| Wavo | Free | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| Portlivo | Paid | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| Bloop.email | Paid | Productivity | Not rated yet |
| VeloUtils | Free | Productivity | Not rated yet |
Questions
- What is the best alternative to Ribbon?
- Flickbar is the closest match in our directory: Snap, resize and move macOS windows with trackpad gestures on their title bars.
- Is there a free alternative to Ribbon?
- Yes. Flickbar is free: Snap, resize and move macOS windows with trackpad gestures on their title bars.
- Is there an alternative to Ribbon without a subscription?
- Wormhole is a one-time purchase.
- How were these alternatives picked?
- Every app on Mac Browse is checked by a person before it goes live. Alternatives are apps in the same category or with the same features as Ribbon, ordered by how closely they match.
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